A/N: Hey hey everybody! Thee Slushee's back again. I know I cant reply to reviews but this one I cant resist. Thanks so much for pointing that out, krappkarmin, I'll try and improve on it k? And to AKMDS, (gives her a piece of paper that says award) That's ur award :P jus kidding. I'm not really expanding on any pairings but there mite be Xiaoyin. To everybody else that reviewed, thanks a billion! You guys are the coolest! Now before Namco goes and sues me, I dont and never will own ANYTHING about the Tekken series, Namco does…..unless I own them, BWAHAHAHA…….but I don't so there. Ok, with that out of the way, on with chapter 4!
Chapter 4: A new goal
Dawn had broken in the city of Tokyo. Two teenage girls were sound asleep on their beds. A couple of knocks at the door disturbed the tranquil silence. The two stirred in their beds.
"Get the door, Xiao." Miharu said sleepily, not opening her eyelids.
"No, you get it." Xiaoyu retorted with equal sleepiness, putting the pillow on her head.
More knocks were sounded.
"Get it, Miharu." Xiaoyu said sounding a little annoyed, her voice muffled by the pillow.
"You're closer to the door, you get it." Miharu said, facing away from the door.
Xiaoyu let out an annoyed groan and pulled the pillow off her head. "Fine, you lazy dumbum."
With that, Xiaoyu sat up on her bed, rubbing her eyes. The knocks were becoming impatient. "Coming, coming" Xiaoyu said drowsily as she placed her feet on the ground, getting used to the morning chill. She stood up and dragged her feet towards the door and opened it. "Good morning Miss Ling," The tournament official said. "Morning." Xiaoyu replied, her eyelids only half open. "Here are the tournament schedules for you and Miss Hirano." He handed her two sheets of paper. "Breakfast will be in half an hour, as usual." With that, he disappeared down the corridor to arise someone else from their slumber. Xiaoyu closed the door and dragged her feet back towards her bed.
"Who was that, Xiao?" Miharu asked, not moving a muscle.
"Just the tournament official with the schedules." Xiaoyu said, yawning in the middle of that sentence.
"Man, I totally forgot that you need to get no sleep for these tournaments." Miharu said sarcastically, rising to a sitting position, rubbing her eyes.
"I can adjust to it quickly however you, Sir Sleepalot, need to get used to this." Xiaoyu said, walking over to Miharu's bed.
Miharu yawned, stretching her arms. "Well, a girl like me needs her beauty sleep." Miharu said jokingly, finally exiting the warmth and comfort of her bed to the cold grasp of the morning. Xiaoyu chuckled. "Here's your schedule for today and before you say anything – "
"Bags the bathroom." Miharu said quickly, grabbing her clothes and entering the bathroom with lightning speed. Xiaoyu stomped the ground childishly. "Why does that keep happening to me?"
After forty minutes, the two arrived in the dining hall and headed towards their usual table at the back. "You guys are late." Christie said, stating the obvious as the two arrived. "Well, Miharu here hogged the bathroom." Xiaoyu said, pointing at Miharu with her thumb. "I did not hog it." Miharu argued back.
"Oh yes you-" Xiaoyu started.
"Shut up before you two get into a huge argument." Steve said, having experienced this before. The two complied and sat down without saying a word. "So, who's fighting who?" Asuka asked. "I better not be fighting Bryan again. My arm has just fully healed." Steve said. Everyone took their sheets and scanned through it. "Well, it looks like I'm fighting Jack-5." Asuka said calmly, putting her paper down. "Jack-5? I fought Gun-Jack in the third tournament and take it from me; the material they're made out of is pretty damn hard." Hwoarang said, still scanning through his list. "Ok, I'm versing Ganryu. I think he's that sumo guy." Christie said. Julia gulped. "He's in this tournament?" Julia asked. "We haven't seen him though but if he's ever coming this way, we'll tell you to go hide underneath the table." Steve joked. Julia glared at him.
"Alright. I'm facing Bruce." Steve said casually, putting his paper down. "I've heard he's a pretty good kickboxer so don't get too cocky, Steve." Julia warned. "Kickboxing ain't much different to normal boxing. I think I've got this one in the bag." Steve said, leaning back coolly, crossing his arms. "You're too overconfident, a bit of Hwoarang has rubbed off on you." Asuka stated. "Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Hwoarang asked. "Xiao, I'm fighting your Panda." Julia said with a bit of concern in her voice. "Really? Great, now I don't know who to go for." Xiaoyu said glumly, placing her elbow on the table and putting her face in her hand. "I'll try not to hurt your Panda too much." Julia said. "You better not, or I'm gonna kick your ass to the moon and back!" Xiaoyu said in a mock threatening voice.
"I'm facing Raven again. I guess he wasn't happy bout losing last time." Hwoarang said, his trademark smirk spreading across his face. "Like I said last time, don't take him lightly. He could've gotten better." Steve warned. "Yeah well, if I did it last time, I can just as easily do it again." Hwoarang said confidently. "Am I the only one that's totally lost?" Miharu asked. "You and me both, sister." Christie replied. "Glad I'm not the only one." Miharu said, breathing a sigh of relief. "Ok, I'm up against….Marshall Law." Miharu said, after quickly scanning through her schedule. "Isn't he the guy who's like Bruce Lee?" Christie asked. "Yeah. Now that you mention it, he does remind me of Bruce Lee." Steve said. "He's pretty fast and he has a super high voice." Xiaoyu added.
"And I'm versing Craig Marduk." Xiaoyu said feeling a little nervous since she has heard that he was pretty ruthless. "Don't worry, Xiao. I versed him in the last tournament and yeah, he's pretty strong but he's pretty slow." Asuka said, smirking a little bit. "Hmmm…" Xiaoyu looked up, tapping an index finger against her chin. "I suppose that gives me a little bit of an edge huh?" Xiaoyu asked. "Just a little bit." Christie replied. Julia stood up. "Ok, my match's up first so I'm going to go train." With that, Julia headed towards the elevator on the far side. "Jules! Wait for me! I'm fighting a robot!" Asuka called out to Julia, hoping to catch her before she goes in the elevator.
With Julia and Asuka gone, Xiaoyu decided to read through her schedule again, just because she's bored. She looked through her list twice now and she had noticed something missing. She kept reading it over and over again. "How come Mr. Yoshimitsu isn't in this?" Xiaoyu thought aloud, not really expecting a reply but she got one anyway. "Didn't you hear Xiao? After the last tournament, Bryan and Yoshimitsu had a death match…" Christie paused for a second. "…Bryan won."
Xiaoyu's expression changed from confusion to horror. "He…he killed him?" Xiaoyu repeated the words to make sure they were true. "That Bryan bloke is pretty merciless." Steve said. "Yeah, I feel sorry for Yoshimitsu." Xiaoyu looked down for a second. She didn't know him that well, but he had saved her life. He saved my life…the least I can do is to avenge him. Xiaoyu looked back at her remaining friends with nothing more than pure determination. "I've got to avenge him." Xiaoyu spoke in a voice with as much determination as her facial features. "What? Are you crazy? He's a mad man!" Hwoarang exclaimed. "Mr. Yoshimitsu saved my life…the least I can do is beat Bryan at least." Xiaoyu said. "Have you completely forgotten what the guy did to me? I mean, no offense or anything but he could do a lot worse to you." Steve said, trying to talk Xiaoyu out of it. "I've got to try at least." Xiaoyu argued back. "He could kill you. The man has no conscience." Christie said.
It was all no use. She had made her mind up. Ok, gotta do two things in this tournament. 1. Apologise to Kazuya without getting myself thrown off something and 2. at least beat Bryan if I ever come across him….oh yeah, and 3. Have a PROPER conversation with Jin.
Xiaoyu stood up and made her way to the elevator. If I wanna fulfil at least one of these goals, I'm gonna need to train.
A/N: Well, hows that for chapter 4? I just rememebered Bryan's ending movie and he might not actually turn up in Tekken 6 becoz of that. I kno a lot of Yoshimitsu fans will get soooooo mad with Namco if it was true but I'm just guessing here. Hope you liked it and will keep reading it. Xiao's fight with Marduk will definitely be next chapter. REVIEW! (hope that was better krappkarmin)